The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-03-17
THE IMM MACULATE JOHN SHERMAN
AND HIS IMMACULATE PARTY.

always wrong. Mr.. Sherman gives ex'
preston to his disgust at the results Of
legislation during the last session Of
the FOrry.ninth Congress. But the very
matters that most excite che Senators
disgust are likely to meet with the ap'
provsl of the country. In the estima.
tIOn Of this distinguished Republican
statesman all the errors and failures Of
the session were chargeable to the Dem
ocrats Of the House, and all the credit
for what was we'll done belonged to the
Republicans Of the Senate. The acts Of
the Democratic Administration are also
included In this disparaging judgment
Of the Ohio Senator. This narrow and
bitter partisan Senator finds nothing
wrong In his own party, and finds moth
ing to approve in the other.
Senator Sherman is one Of those Re-
publican leaders who always claimed
that the Democratic party could not be
trusted with the government and that
their party only was worthy and capa-
BILE. In this connection these men would
specify the evils they would do II they
got power. These predictions have been
dissipated By two years Of Democratic
administration. The country Is doing
fairly well considering, and the Union
soldiers are not neglected. The cOlored
people are not specially oppressed and
the Confederate debt ls not assumed.
30 much for these false Republican
prophets and their false predictions.
These narrow predictions cannot sue.
cessfulIy call in question Che claims Of
President CIeveland's administration to
the esteem and confidence Of the people.
Their management Of public affairs is
able and above reprosoh and no official
scandals thus far mar Its record. Per-
haps 1t Is this that raises disgust In the
bosom of Senator Sherman. No doubt
his partisan envy and resentment blind
him to all merit in political opponent.
His political gizzard never rose above
zero.
Senator Sherman seems to lament
that there was no tariff reform, and he
attributes 1t to Democratic divisions,
saying "the Senate was ready to take
"hold Of tariff revision and tariff reduc-
"tion." This is certainly news; and his
Republican brethren in the House gave
no sign In that direction, but opposed
every attempt looking to reform.
The sort Of "hOld" the Senate would
have taken may be inferred from Sena.
tor shermsn's suggestion to repeal the
internal tax on tobacco and the sugar
duties, with compensation to sugar
planters for the withdrawal Of prOteO
tioD in a bounty out of the pockets Of
the American consumers. While no re
lief would hs afforded to consumers by
sHch q bounty policy, the Treasury
would sustain an annual less of $50, ,0OO,-
600. This sort Of tariff reform the
country has not clamored for. Senator
Sherman says that o bill sent from
the House to the Senate to re-
peal the tobacco tax would have
probably been made the basis Of bill
to generally revise the tariff" A
healthy tariff reform would not have
been grated on that tree. Such rsVis-
lon of the tariff would have begun and
ended with the repeal Of the internal
tax on tobacco. If the Democrats at.
terly failed to redeem their pledge to
reform the tariff, the country is not OBJ
livious to the fact that this failure was
due to coalition Of the Republican
minority with small Democratic fac
tiOn In the House.
Senator Sherman no doubt under.
stands that the late session of Congress
was not full Of happy results to the Re-
publican party. His party did nothing
to reinstate itself In the confidence Of
the people. The Republican members
were obstacles In the way Of general re.
form disregarding utterly their own
National platform, Its confessions and
promises. These have paid no heed to
the earnest recommendation Of a Demo-
cratic Secretary Of the Treasury to re-
peal the duties on the raw materials of |
production to enable our manufacturers
to compete In foreign markets. Not |
only 30; they favored the rebate of taxes
on tobacco and spirits In order to main |
tain the worst lDlquitles of the tariff. |
They all rallied In the House to pass the |
reckless and sweeping Dependent PEN
sion bill over the noble veto of the
President.
The Republican Senate passed the
$77, 100000 Blain Education bill; the
coast fortihcatiOn bill to take other vast
sums from the treasury, and other
schemes to squander millions. Senator
Sherman regrets these bills did not be.
come laws. No doubt, but these swind-
ling Republican measures only serve to
disgust sensible people with Mr.. shsr-
man and bis party. Mr.. Sherman is q
man Of cold political craft, rather than
Of conscience, but his skill and craft
cannot change the record Of himselfa and
his party in the FOrty-ninth Congress
While the Democrats Of that Congress
might and should have done more their
record will favOrably compare with that
Of their opponents.
THE ILLEGALTTY OF BoYCO CTING.